About the GCTF

The Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) is an informal, apolitical, multilateral counterterrorism platform. It is small, nimble, inclusive, and consensus-based. Its overarching mission is to reduce the vulnerability of people worldwide to terrorism by mobilizing expertise and resources to prevent, combat, and prosecute terrorist acts and counter incitement and recruitment to terrorism. 

The Forum brings together policymakers and practitioners from around the world to share experiences and expertise, and to develop practical, publicly available tools and strategies on how to prevent and counter the evolving terrorist threat. The GCTF is currently co-chaired by Egypt and the European Union. 

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What is the GCTF?

News

A more effective response to the foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) phenomenon

A more effective response to the foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) phenomenon

This video is intended for policymakers and practitioners who are interested in exploring a more effective response to ForeignTerrorist Fighters. 

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Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crimes and International Crimes Initiative: Second Expert Meeting

Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crimes and International Crimes Initiative: Second Expert Meeting

11-13 February 2020

Criminal Justice and Rule of Law (CJ-ROL) Working Group Co-Chairs, Nigeria and Switzerland, hosted the Second Expert Meeting within the Initiative on Criminal Justice Responses to the Linkages between Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crimes and International Crimes.

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Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group Plenary Meeting

Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group Plenary Meeting

11 February 2020

Nigeria and Switzerland, Co-Chairs of the Criminal Justice and Rule of Law Working Group hosted a Plenary Meeting in Malta on 11 February 2020.

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Capacity-building in the West Africa Region (WA) Working Group Third Plenary Meeting

Capacity-building in the West Africa Region (WA) Working Group Third Plenary Meeting

3-4 February 2020

Co-Chairs of the Capacity-building in the West Africa Region Working Group, Germany and Algeria, with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), held the Third Plenary Meeting of the Working Group under their new Co-Chair mandate. 

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Activities

Eleventh GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting

Eleventh GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting

9-10 March 2017

The Eleventh GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting provided opportunity for the Working Group Co-Chairs and the Co-Leads of GCTF Initiatives to update members on activities conducted in the inter-sessional period and provided an overview for the next steps in the run-up to the Twelfth GCTF Coordinating Committee Meeting in September 2017.

 

In addition, GCTF Members broadly supported the proposal regarding a stronger emphasis on the implementation of existing GCTF tools, the thematic Working Groups’ role on further developing expertise on emerging topics, as well as the role of geographical Working Groups as platforms for the implementation of GCTF good practices in a regional context. Members also agreed on the expansion of scope of geographical WGs to facilitate further inclusiveness.

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